Casting Decisions

In our film there are not many actors with there being two main characters in the film. The main protagonist (Alex) is a man who is roughly around twenty five years old. We have given him this age to give the film a mature approach and make it look professional. We have decided to cast someone in the group as Alex as he knows the role and how to portray his character. This is because over the duration of the course he has got to know the character of Alex the most as he did introduce the character to the film. Even know the actor is younger than the characters age it will not be noticeable and the use of costume will help this. The other main character in the film is Melissa and we have decided to cast the real girlfriend of the actor for Alex. This is because they can show a real life relationship on screen and make everything more realistic. Even though you do not see Melissa that much in the film it’s still important that both actors have a strong bond. The best mate of Alex will be played by another member in the group because knows the character and how to portray the role. The other two characters that have some dialogue in the film are Melissa’s friends who will be played by a member of the group’s sister and her mate. The reasons for this are that it will save time because we do not have to go and search for actors for a film, especially a short film. Another reason for this selection is that we can easily stay in contact with each other if there is a problem with the film and we can easily re-shoot. These choices we have made I think have been chosen very intelligently and will be a success when producing our film.